Zip Forward 2026: “Flow State” to Bring Together Over 1000 Finance and Procurement Leaders in New York City
Zip Forward makes its NYC debut, featuring leaders from Shopify, Visa, Databricks, and Invesco, along with a keynote from Good Morning America Co-Host and Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Strahan
Zip, the AI platform for enterprise procurement, today announced that its annual conference, Zip Forward, is coming to New York for the first time. The two-day event will be held September 16-17, 2026 at The Glasshouse in Manhattan, and marks the event’s expansion beyond its San Francisco roots. The conference will feature a keynote from entrepreneur, Good Morning America Co-Host, andPro Football Hall of Famer Michael Strahan, alongside finance and procurement executives including Shopify CFO Jeff Hoffmeister, Visa CPO Aaron Bearce, Databricks CPO Emma Chontos, Invesco Global CPO Al Williams, and Humana CPO Bryan Miller, among others.
Under the theme “Flow State,” Zip Forward 2026 will explore what happens when humans and AI agents are orchestrated seamlessly into a single platform, moving procurement from a series of manual checkpoints to continuous, forward momentum. The two-day event will include keynotes, customer-led fireside chats, live product demos, and hands-on workshops for building and deploying agentic workflows.
